Ribosome releasing factor (RR factor) releases ribosomes from mRNA at the termination codon in Escherichia coli. In the absence of this factor, polypeptides with molecular weights very close to the molecular weight of bacteriophage R17 coat protein were synthesized in vitro under the direction of a mutant R17 phage RNA having an amber mutation at codon 7 of the coat cistron. The major coat-prot...

The SUP-RLl suppressor in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae causes lethality in haploid strains but not in diploid or aneuploid strains that are heterozygous for the suppressor locus. This recessive lethal suppressor acts on amber (UAG) nutritional markers, and can cause the production of approximately 50% of the normal amount of iso-l-cytochrome c in disomic strains that are heterozygous for ...

After in vitro treatment of bacteriophage T4 with hydroxylamine (HA), 54 nonsense mutants in the rII A cistron were isolated. These mutants were characterized by growth on suppressor strains of Escherichia coli, and the mutational sites were mapped in the rII A cistron. Twenty-five (9 sites) were amber (UAG), 20 (6 sites) were opal (UGA), and 9 (6 sites) were ochre (UAA). Mapping experiments fu...

The AMBER instrument installed at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) combines three beams from as many telescopes to produce spectrally dispersed fringes with milli-arcsecond angular scales in the near infrared. Two years after installation, first scientific observations have been carried out during the Science Demonstration Time and the Guaranteed Time mostly on bright sources due to some VLTI lim...

Plumage colours bestowed by carotenoid pigments can be important for visual communication and likely have a long evolutionary history within Aves. Discovering plumage carotenoids in fossil feathers could provide insight into the ecology of ancient birds and non-avian dinosaurs. With reference to a modern feather, we sought chemical evidence of carotenoids in six feathers preserved in amber (Mio...

Arsenic (As) is a toxic metalloid which is usually found in rice fields as a contamination and has negative effects on the plant growth and reduces the crop yield. Similar to heavy metals, the deleterious effects of As may be due to, at least in part, the amount of absorbed As and disturbance of the plant water status. I...

The Amber El Amino area is located 75 kilometres southeast of Prince Rupert. Access to the area is by helicopter from Prince Rupert or Terrace (Figure 1). The El Amino showing (BC MINFILE 103H 071) is located on Sulphide Creek (Figure 2) which drains eastward into Hanna (El Amino) Creek. The Amber showing (BC MINFILE 103H 171) is located 700 metres north of the El Amino showing. Hanna Creek dra...

The genus Gesomyrmex has been described by Mayr from a fossil ant in a piece of Baltic amber (MAYR, 1868). Besides only a few other fossil species known of this genus, also 6 living species situated in the Oriental region have been described and 1 undescribed specimen is mentioned in the collection of the California Academy of Science. From the collection of the second author we investigated a ...